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Realpolitik. China and Russia that supply us with gas and cheap plastic and do as they're told are fine. A china or Russia that don't do as they're told must
by LatteLazy 3y ago
Realpolitik.
China and Russia that supply us with gas and cheap plastic and do as they're told are fine.
A china or Russia that don't do as they're told must be dealt with. No amount of democracy or freedom or lawful behavior changes that. That's why we did nothing to make Russia open and democratic and part of a global future, when they literally begged us to.
- jasonvorhe 3y agoMulti-polarity is already happening, there's not a lot the West can do to change that.
- LatteLazy 3y agoI don't know, it isn't going great for Russia. The US has pretty successfully isolated them and they're stuck in a pointless meat grinder war-for-nothing in Ukraine. We will see what happens with China, personally I don't fancy their chances either. They're boxed in pretty effectively in most directions and reliant on US trade (and debt). We will see...